Garbage-receptacle.



M; K. BUNN.

GARBAGE REQEPTAGLE. APPLICATION FILED J'UHB18, 1910.

991 ,270. Patentd May 2, 1911,

77Za720r 5247272.

MINOR K. BUNN, OF BLOOMING-TON, ILLINOIS.

GARBAGE-RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2, 1911.

Application filed June 18, 1910. Serial No. 567,717.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MINOR K. BUNN, a citizen of the United States, residing at- Bloomington, in the county of McLean and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garbage-Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in garbage receptacles, and has for one of its objects the provision of a receptacle or hopper superimposed upon a trough, the latter being so constructed that the contents of the hopper or receptacle may be removed with a shovel operating in the trough thus obviating the usual necessity of lifting and tilting the receptacle in order that the contents may escape therefrom.

With these and other objects in view, which will more fully hereinafter appear, the present invention consists in certain novel details of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more articularly pointed out in the appended c aim; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details of the device may be made, within the scope of the appended claim, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification ;-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device with the covers in raised position. Fig. 2 is a plan view with the covers in closed position. Fig. 3 is a verticalsectional view taken 9n the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout.

The trough is shown to include in its construction an oblong bottom designated by the numeral 5, the said bottom being suspended above the ground by means of supporting feet 6 depending from the four corners of the bottom. The sides of the trough are designated by the numerals 7 and 8 and rise from the opposite longitudinal sides of the bottom, the said side walls having their edge portions beveled downwardly as shown at -9, such beveled portions extending to the ends of the sides and to points in a plane with the upper surface of the bottom 5.

Superimposed upon the middle portions of the side walls is a hopper the opposite sides of which are designated by the numerals 10 and 11, the longitudinal sides of the side walls 10 and 11 diverging from the sides of the trough to a point adjacent the upper ends of the sides 10 and 11 whence they terminate in converging surfaces, as shown at 12. The opposite end walls are designated by the numerals 13 and 14 and are positioned between the side walls 10 and 11 and extend arallel with the diverging sides of said walls, the said end walls terminating at the point of juncture between the converging and diverging portions of the side walls 10 and 11.

VVit-h this construction it will be manifest that when the hopper is in communication with the trough an open space will exist between the opposite ends of the trough and adjacent ends of the hopper.

Closures for the spaces are provided and in the present instance are shown to comprise a pair of covers 15 and 16, corresponding in width to the distance between the opposite outer faces of the sides 7 and 8 of the trough and in length to the distance between the ends of the trough and ends 13 and 14 of the hopper. The covers are hingedly united at their inner ends to the lower portions of the ends 13 and 14, and when in normal position will seal the said spaces and are held in raised positions by means of pivoted keepers 17 arranged adjacent to the upper portions and on the outer faces of the ends 13 and 14 of the hopper and are provided with offset portions adapted to bear on the covers 15 and 16 when the latter are in raised position.

The hopper is held in position on the trough by means of a pair of standards 18 and 19, rising from the medial portions of the sides 7 and 8 of the trough and extending to points above the hopper, the upper ends of said standards being connected by a cross piece 20 upon which is hinged the inner ends of a pair of covers 21 and 22, the said covers 21 and 22 being of sufficient size to seal the upper end of the hopper. Positioned above the cross piece 20 and having its opposite ends secured to the standards 18 and 19 is a handle 23, by means of which the device may be lifted when it is desired to move the same from one place to another.

In the operation of the device and when the hopper is filled with garbage one of the doors or covers of the trough is lifted and secured by its keeper 17, after which with the shovel, the operator removes the contents of the hopper by shoveling the said contents from the trough, it being understood that the contents of the hopper will feed into the trough as the garbage is removed from the latter.

From the foregoing it is evident that the device is extremely sanitary and when the covers are in lowered position no foul odors will arise from the device and by virtue of a novel way of removing the contents the life of the device will be considerably increased. It will be observed that the device is exceedingly simple in structure and inexpensive in manufacture, embodying few parts and these so arranged that the danger of derangement will be reduced to a minimum.

I claim A garbage can comprising a receptacle having an oblong fiat bottom, outwardly inclined end walls and vertical side walls, the medial portions of the upper surfaces of said side walls risin above the planes of the upper surfaces of the end walls, a hopper including vertical side portions rising from the medial portions of the upper surfaces of the side walls of the receptacle and further including end walls inclining out- MINOR K. BUNN.

Witnesses GEORGE F. JORDAN, MARGARET CUNNINGHAM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G. 

